But it still will be penalty so people still gonna make alts for it.
For nothing more than either talking to npc (Ch 1) or taking a profession.
Nope they won't , if they can spare extra caps it will do the opposite encourage people to not make alts for trading and you could still use mentats to decrease the penalty.Mentats are not meant as a combat drug , but still they are not useless ! Powerbuilds can use mentats to trade or to lead few more guys into battle when there is not a leader char nearby
And buying mercs / enslaving. Everytime you lose a merc/slave you need mentats to make the team full again.Unless you have more than 6 CH, which is a waste of SPECIAL points.
Mentats aren't less useful than rad-x, it's not combat drug.
How about it increases all your skills by 25%? I'd consider that pretty useful.